Metro Route Realignment Made Official

The proposal to realign the route of ongoing metro rail project at three places has become official now as the Telangana government officially communicated the changes to the Larsen and Toubro (L&T) the same.

In a meeting with L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited officials on Tuesday, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao stated that his government will ensure completion of the project without making any damages to the heritage structures of Hyderabad.

The alignments will be brought near to Sultan Bazar, Assembly building, and in the old city to save religious erections.

An official statement from Chief Minister’s office said, “the change of alignment is necessary in the old city as the project in its present form will affect seven temples, 28 mosques and 1,000 houses”.